{"id":424,"date":"2006-09-18T04:01:02","date_gmt":"2006-09-18T11:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2006\/09\/18\/newsletter-355-preview-the-leopard-report-how-about-a-fair-upgrade-policy\/"},"modified":"2008-03-26T06:33:54","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T13:33:54","slug":"newsletter-355-preview-the-leopard-report-how-about-a-fair-upgrade-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2006\/09\/newsletter-355-preview-the-leopard-report-how-about-a-fair-upgrade-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #355 Preview: The Leopard Report: How About a Fair Upgrade Policy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I received a letter from a reader wondering whether he\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2d get a discount on Mac OS 10.5 Leopard if he bought a new Mac for Christmas. 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